Joshua 24:10
“but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.”
What does Joshua 24:10 mean?
When the Israelites were journeying toward the promised land, the king of Moab hired a man named Balaam to curse them, hoping to weaken them before battle. God intervened, preventing Balaam from speaking the curses he was paid to deliver, and instead the words that came from Balaam's mouth were blessings over Israel. This passage reminds us that God's protection sometimes works in surprising ways, not always through direct confrontation but through the redirection of our enemies' own attempts to harm us. The point isn't about Balaam's intentions, but about God's faithfulness overriding human plans that work against his people. For anyone facing opposition or feeling threatened, this speaks to the reality that God's purposes cannot be derailed by those who wish us harm.